My children have good friends. It is very simple. Your association matters a lot. The people you move with matter a lot. That’s just the truth of life.
The one who associates with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.
Proverbs 13:20 (NET)
It is the nature of man to always want to associate. God never made man live in isolation. No man can survive on his or her own. That is why your dad got married to your mum.
Same applies to your children. They always want to relate to the environment. As a matter of fact, it should be a source of concern for you if your child doesn’t relate with anyone. It should be a concern, really.
That being said, we ought to look out for the kind of association our children keep. Let them know they can be deliberate and intentional about it.
Also, as parents, we should pray for them and their choices. Your prayers go a long way. Don’t be a careless parent. Always declare ‘My children have good friends’ to yourself and over the lives of your children.
Children, you should move freely with others in your environment. Nobody is an island. You need people to advance. Never think you can survive alone.
Walk with wise friends. Move about with those who are wise.
Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise, but the companion of fools will suffer harm.
Proverbs 13:20 (ESV)
Do you want to suffer harm? I honestly do not think so. So choose your friends wisely and God will bless you. Amen
Declaration: My children walk with the wise, therefore they are wise. My children have good friends.
Prayer: Lord, make my children wiser in all their doings.
Action Plan: Choose your friends wisely and intentionally.
Fear is bad. You must learn how to overcome fear. Fear is evil. Fear is from the devil. Fear has torment. Fear means False Evidence Appearing Real.
For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.
2 Tim 1:7 (NKJV)
Fear is bad. Fear is evil. Fear is from the devil. Fear has torment. Fear means False Evidence Appearing Real.
The good news is that God has not given us the spirit of fear. In God, we have something more than fear.
Rather than fear, God has given us the spirit of power, love and a sound mind. So you must learn how to overcome fear.
When you are scared, what do you do?
Pray!
Praying helps you to get an understanding of what to do or not to do. Prayer is a tool to help you understand what is happening and how to deal with it.
Never allow fear into your life. You must learn how to overcome fear.
Also, talk to your parents about your fear. Don’t internalize. Talk to your teachers as well. Always learn to open up.
The major thing is that you shouldn’t allow fear – any of your false expectations appearing real, to stop you from doing what you’re supposed to do.
Don’t allow fear stop you from achieving your dreams. You must learn how to overcome fear.
God doesn’t want you to have any form of fear and even if you do, He asks you to release them all to Him. He can carry them all and has the solution to solving them.
My God will save! There is this confidence the psalmist speaks with every now and then. Such confidence is what we can learn and emulate.
But I will call upon the Lord to save me-and he will.
Ps 55:16 (TLB)
Did you just see that confidence from the Psalmist? It’s amazing. And you too should have it. My God will save!
No matter how deep seated the trouble may be, just tell yourself all I need is about 10-15 minutes of prayers to God.
The psalmist said he will call upon God to save. He was so sure that God will not only hear, He will answer and do his bidding.
Another lesson here is that we should realize God answers prayers. My God will save. In another part of the scriptures, the psalmist said;
I pray to you, and you answer from your sacred hill.
Ps 3:4 (CEV)
What is that issue you have been trusting God for for months?
Is it about your school results?
Is it about your parents?
Is it about your friends or their families?
Call upon God for salvation and he will save. My God will save!
Your part is to pray, God’s part is to answer and He sure will!
Like someone once noted; if there is a man to pray, there is a God to answer.
Parents, lets encourage our children to always pray to God. They should be taught how to grow their faith by petitioning God from time to time as need arises.
Let’s not wait till they become teenagers before training them.
What are you saying to your friends? What are you saying to your colleagues? What are you saying to your parents? Speaking the right words is very important in life.
What are you saying to your neighbors? What are you saying to those around you?
A man will be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth, and the recompense of a man’s hands will be rendered to him.
Proverbs 12:14 MEV
Words are important to both genders, hence the need to use them wisely. The way you speak to those around you goes a long way. Speaking the right words is very important in life. How will you feel if someone constantly tears you apart with the words coming out of his/her mouth? Conversely, how will you feel if someone constantly encourages you with his/her words?
It has been observed that correcting children lovingly goes a long way to boost their ego.
Parents are advised and encouraged to use good words on their wards. Speaking positive words will help boost their confidence and increase their esteem.
Using harsh words when correcting children could negatively impact them. When necessary, let’s use complimentary words.
Learning to say thank you to our children when they run errands for us will go a long way to help their esteem. Yes, speak right words. Speaking the right words is very important in life.
Complimentary words make them happy and leave them beaming with a smile, eager to face the next task.
Prayer: Lord, help me to speak good words only.
Action plan: Learn to speak positive words; speaking the right words is very important in life.
Declaration: My children grow in the way of the Lord and they are encouraged by the positive words I speak towards them. My words nurture them and cause them to grow well and in the LORD. Amen
You can overcome sin little children. This is what you should always have in your mind as you carry out your daily activities. Now what is the definition of sin?
Sin is the barrier that disrupts you from accessing God’s throne and His presence as you should. It is that one thing that blocks you from being with your heavenly Father.
In the old testament, the bible records that the temple had a place called the Holy of Holies where there was a veil covering it, but only the high priest could enter after he had undergone some cleansing rituals.
“But only the high priest could go into the second room, and he did that only once a year. He could never enter the inner room without taking blood with him. He offered that blood to God for himself and for the people’s sins…”
Heb.9:7 ICB.
After sinning, the enemy suggests to a person that God can never forgive, thereby encouraging them to run away from God.
If you allow the enemy to tell you that your shortcomings are so huge or terrible and that God can never forgive you, then you don’t know your God.
Your God is more than able to forgive your sins. He wants nothing more than to forgive you so that the two of you can be in a loving relationship constantly.
Never allow the enemy or anyone to tell you that God can’t ever forgive you. He gave Jesus for you. Jesus that was sinless to die for your sins that you may be called His son or daughter.
Prayer point: Dear Lord Jesus, thank you for granting me access to the Holy of Holies. I am glad that God will always forgive my sins. Sin will not overcome me. I will not hide in shame. Amen.
Action Plan: Stay away from all forms of sin
Declaration: God will forgive me of my sins. I will not hide in shame.
